German-American scholar of Islamic history (1930–2023)
Wilferd Madelung
Madelung in 2006
Born
(1930-12-26)26 December 1930
Stuttgart, Germany
Died
9 May 2023(2023-05-09) (aged 92)
Nationality
German-American
Alma mater
Georgetown University, University of Hamburg
Occupation(s)
Author, scholar
Wilferd Ferdinand Madelung FBA (26 December 1930 – 9 May 2023) was a German author and scholar of Islamic history widely recognised for his contributions to the fields of Islamic and Iranian studies.[1] He was appreciated in Iran for his "knowledgeable and fair" treatment of the Shia perspective.[1] In the obituary of the Institute of Ismaili Studies (London) where Madelung worked his last years, it reads:[2]"With particular reference to religious schools and movements in early Islam, his studies, based on a vast array of primary sources, have enriched the discipline’s understanding of almost every major Muslim movement and community – not only early Imami Shi‘ism and the later developments of Twelver, Ismaili and Zaydi Islam but also the lesser known aspects of Sunni, Khariji and the Mu‘tazili schools of theology and philosophy." Madelung died on 9 May 2023 at the age of 92.[3]
^ ab"Tehran meeting to commemorate Islamic scholar Wilferd Madelung". Tehran Times.
^https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2023/may/in-memoriam-professor-wilferd-madelung-1930-2023/, retrieved on July 21, 2023
^"ویلفرد مادلونگ دار فانی را وداع گفت". Vista.ir. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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